Shared News  We have roles allocated to selected students for News Time.

The Chairperson(politically correct!)who holds raffle tickets for good listeners.

The ...

How To Make News More Interesting  As a teacher of a Year 2 class, I was dreading the usual "News" session each day where the children talk about the same things day after day!

Not only ...

Oral Language Groups  I run an oral language group session each day for about 15-20 mins.

I have grouped the children into 5 groups (4-5 per group of mixed ability) I have ...

Bomber news  Telling news can be quite laborious. Bomber news is held each Tuesday when all the students tell their news in small groups at the same time. 5 in each ...

Talking Sticks  I have 32 kinder children in my class. I have 8 coloured 'talking' sticks in the "routine box" for the morning meeting.

Each day, 8 children have ...

NEWS using the COGs topics  At our school, we structure the NEWS topics according to our COGS or Subject topic. For example, we are doing a topic about 'Powering On' and some of our ...

Just a minute  On a Wednesday I give four children a card to take home that says:

Just a Minute Reporter
Tomorrow I am the Just a Minute Reporter. I will speak to ...

Leonie - Mt Isa Oral Language Program  I was speaking to a speech pathologist late last year and she recommended the Mt. Isa Oral Language Program.

I have been using it this year with my ...

Mystery Bags  I use this with a Rec/Yr1 class.I have some draw string bags made up. They are about 40cm square. The children take one home and put a mystery object inside....

Oral Language   Hi
It is important to remember that oral language is the basis for reading and writing. It is a child's earliest form of communication. It involves children ...

Oral Language/News Session  Hi. I'm a bit confused about separate oral language programs that are being pushed especially in Prep.

I believe that because of the amount of talking ...

News telling  In my Pre-Primary class we have news every day.

I have 26 children in the class and have divided them into five groups - one for each day of the week....

media scrap book  To enhance communication at our group time of 24x preschool age we send home a scrapbook titled media scrapbook.

Children get to choose an article ...

Visiting Bear  For an 'alternate news session' I have visiting bear in my Pre-Primary class. Visiting bear goes home with one child per night and the child then draws ...

Active Listening - Recounts  My hearing support class (K-1) use this strategy for re-telling their news and actively listening to their friends....

You need a set of 5 or 6 building ...

Kindergarten News  Hi, I teach kindergarten in an esl school. Every Monday morning all the children in the class get to tell me something they did on the weekend - On the ...

Talking and listening Topics  Topics a sent home at the beginning of each term and are aligned with HSIE/Science and focus on the term's text types being covered.

If you can't talk ...

Listening and Speaking Session  With Year 3s (7-8yo) I have organised a session where there are many jobs. One is the chairperson who is responsible for introducing each segment, thanking ...

News Monitor  Our News sessions are held every afternoon and it depends on which group does the news session that day.

A child is chosen to be news monitor and has ...

Box construction/Show and Tell/ JP years  After children have made something from recycled boxes. We have a Show and Tell session - I have several charts in my room to help them use descriptive ...

News Using Smartboard  I teach Pre-K and I am very fortunate to have a Smartboard. I use it for all of my "Morning Meeting" activities.

I have a message for the children ...

Listening and Speaking  I have 28 x Y2s and we have listening & speaking 4 days a week (Fridays off). Students are rostered on to speak once a fortnight and are required to speak ...

Show and Tell and Share Time  Great website, you guys are my rock!!

This is my second year teaching Prep and I have allocated show and tell groups for each day of the week other ...

2 Minute News  It was difficult to have news sessions in the classroom due to our full timetables and the students would speak for hours on anything or have nothing ...

Oral Language Session  Children have a set day each week for oral language session. A roster is stapled into their "Keeping in Touch" Book...

The items are...
*talk time
...

Oral Language and Listening Focus - Marisa  Hello,

When I had early stage one students I would plan a talking and listening focus each week and send home a term outline to parents. They loved ...

Helping Quiet Children Talk in News  We have a class pet/toy:-"Mike the Monkey" goes home with one chid every night and spends the night with the family.

He is a mischievous. He likes ...

Topic News  The weekly news topic is set for homework the week previous. Parents are encouraged to discuss topic over dinner to help prepare their child for news.

After ...

News Routine  I have 23 Year 1/2 students. They are divided into 4 groups. We don't have news on Friday unless someone is absent. Our scheduled time is usually at the ...

Newstime  I use a similar idea for newstime. We have 4 sentence starters, one for each day. The children learn quickly which news it is on each day.

I split the ...

Daily Oral Language News Groups  We divide our children into small groups of five and assign a leader.

The groups then go to a different area of the room and the leader manages the ...